Marwa Maamoun is an Egyptian writer and poet, she tweets under the name “m7rusa”, a term used as another name for Egypt. In 2008 she started a blog where she posts poems that are mostly nationalist and political.

A word Arabs should stop using

The conspiracy against Islam

Nominate a female president in an Arab country

Ghada Shahbandar (Egyptian rights activist and script writer)

Which Arab personality would you bring back to life today? And why?

May Ziade so that I can befriend her and save her life

If you could issue a fatwa, what would it be?

I would cancel Dar al Iftaa (the institution that issues fatwas)

An Arab initiative you would like to be part of

Any initiative against female or male circumcision

If you could travel in time, to which period or year would you go back to?

I would go back to Omar Ibn al Khattab and convince him that occupying Egypt is a major sin

In which Arab country would you choose to live today? And why?

Egypt, my country

What is the song that in your opinion summarises the state of the Arab world?